I. Mission and Responsibilities

The mission of the Office of Management (OM) is to transform the Department of Education (ED or Department) into a high-performance, customer-focused organization by providing services to our customers that help them do a better job of managing their people, processes, and overall strategy.

The Assistant Secretary for Management serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary on Departmental administrative matters. The Office directs, coordinates, and has overall responsibility to:

Provide administrative and technical support to the agency’s Data Integrity Board and monitor the Department’s compliance with the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act.

Works with the Office of the Chief Information Officer to ensure that appropriate and timely action is taken with respect to systems, processes and reviews pertaining to the information clearance process, including clearance packages, Statements of Work, Form 3000, Privacy Act Assessment, and Systems of Records Notices, etc.

Direct and recommend policy for the Civil Rights Reviewing Authority and the Office of Administrative Law Judges.

Strengthen the effectiveness with which Federal funds are spent through mandated oversight, appeal, and review authorities.

Administers personnel security and suitability and information security - as it relates to classified national security information - on a Department-wide basis.

II. Organization

OM is under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary who reports to the Secretary. The Office is composed of five organizations, which perform the major functions of the Office. In addition, the Executive Office and the Business Enterprise Resource Management Division report directly to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.

III. Order of Succession

In the event that the Assistant Secretary for Management dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office and the office is thereby deemed to be vacant, and the Secretary has not designated in writing another individual to act as the Assistant Secretary for Management, the following officials, in the order shown, shall perform the functions and duties of the office in an acting capacity.

In instances where the office of the Assistant Secretary for Management is filled, but the head of the Office of Management is absent, unavailable, otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the position, and/or there is a disruption in the normal channels of direction and communication, and unless the head of the Office of Management or the Secretary, in writing, designates another individual to act as the Assistant Secretary for Management, the following officials, in the order shown, shall serve in an acting capacity as the Acting Secretary for Management: